IED
飛行機の爆破テロを計画をしていた容疑者たちを警察が急襲するという出来事がオーストラリアで発生しました。半テロリズム対策の警察官が容疑者4名を逮捕しました。オーストラリアのテロ警戒レベルは依然として高い状態が続いております。
記事の中で気になった単語は"IED"です。『Wisdom英和辞典第三版』（三省堂）を調べると「Improvised Explosive Device (即席爆発装置)」とありました。テロを未然に防ぐ事も重要ですが，どのようにしてテロを起こすかどうかを事前に見定めるかも大切であると思います。(Ume)
Australia police 'foil terror plot to bring down plane'
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin said the four men arrested were allegedly linked to an "Islamic-inspired" plot.
"In recent days, law enforcement has become aware of information that suggested some people in Sydney were planning to commit a terrorist attack using an IED (improvised explosive device)," he told a news conference.
He said police did not yet have information on "the specific attack, the location, date or time", adding that he expected the investigation to be "long and protracted".
ABC reported that a woman in the Surry Hills area, who said her son and husband had been arrested, denied that they had any links to terrorism.
